Get All The Advice You Need At A Hunting Video Website

There is always something to learn, and a hunting video website can be a useful resource for hunters to find information on a variety of hunting topics. With clips and DVDs available for purchase and download, there is a wealth of information for the new and more experienced hunter at these sites.

A hunting video website will offer videos that are specific to the type of prey you are hunting. There are hunting videos for hunters of waterfowl, deer, big game, elephant, lion and everything in between. These videos may include advice and tips on what equipment you need, which guns and ammunition to use, as well as tracking and hunting advice. This type of hunting video often shows footage of real live hunts, with an experienced hunter taking the viewer step-by-step through a successful hunt. Sometimes the hunt is in an exotic location, providing hints on surviving a hunt in the snow, the African bush or even the desert. These can be useful for the viewer when planning his or her next hunting trip.

Africa provides hunters with an adventure that will always be remembered. There are new challenges to be faced in big game hunting in Africa, and a hunting video on African safaris can provide insight and tips that will make your trip a successful one. Some hunting video websites specialise in African safari hunting videos and information.

There are hunting videos available that concentrate on a specific method of hunting, for instance crossbow hunting. Whether you are a newcomer to the sport, or an experienced hunter, you will find a lot of useful advice in these hunting videos. From which crossbow to choose for certain types of hunting, to caring for your crossbow and tips on using it in bow hunting, there is a hunting video to help you. Different guns are used for different types of hunting too, and a hunting video on the different types of guns and ammunition used will offer advice on cleaning your gun, safety guidelines as well as which gun to use for which prey. This type of hunting video is particularly useful for a newcomer to the sport.

If you are interested in travelling internationally on your next hunting trip, consider getting a few videos of hunts in the area you want to visit. Each country has different hunting regulations, and these will often be discussed in the hunting video. Often the best option is to book your hunt with a professional hunter operating in the country you want to visit – but watching the video first can help you get a grip on what the local regulations are. A hunting video filmed at a particular location will give you information about the climate and terrain that you won’t find in a travel brochure.

Many hunting videos offer information about game lodges and accommodation that can be useful for the hunter planning an expedition. Sometimes they include reviews from hunters, so you not only get an idea of the lodgings and facilities available, but also of the hunting experience you can expect at particular lodges. A hunting video website is a great resource for information on gear, how to hunt, where to hunt and where to stay. Visit a hunting video website for all this and more before you plan your next trip.

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Getting To The Osa Peninsula

Just to try something new my husband and I decided to head off to the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. I had heard stories about how remote yet interesting this area was so to be honest we didn’t know what to expect. After thinking a lot about that comment we finally decided to fin out what the Osa Peninsula really was and off we went.

After doing a lot of research we decided that we were going to get there by Nature Air. Nature air is an ecological airline here Costa Rica. At first I was a bit worried about flying in these small prop planes but when we were on mid flight I brought myself to look out the window, the view was simply gorgeous. The tiny airport we landed in wasn’t great but it was ok.

The trip was a great adventure. First we jumped on the back of a pick up truck and after a long ride of bouncing up and down a dirt road that took around 40 minutes, we found the place we were staying in.

We finally made it to our accommodations to find out that it was just steps away from the beach but away from the main town of Puerto Jimenez. This was a grat opportunity for us to relax and forget about the rest of the world. Soon after we got there we decided to visit the Corcovado National Park. And let me tell you what the National Geographic calls Corcovado National Park is tru this is definitely the “most biologically intense place on Earth”. We had our time limited in the park but luckily we were able to see a lot of wildlife such as monkeys, iguanas and many colorful birds.

Just one word of advice for you adventurous travelers if you do go to the Osa Peninsula avoid the rainy season. If you don’t you will be stuck along muddy and flooded roads. It is also a good idea to always travel by air to save time.

Marina K. Villatoro, has lived in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for over 10 years. She’s traveled these parts extensively and now loves to organize vacations to these amazing parts of the world. With her first hand experience, she can recommend the best options for you. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Fun Facts About Common Black Hawks

Common Black Hawks are successful predatory birds. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black or dark gray. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow.

The Common Black Hawk feeds mainly on crabs, but will also take small vertebrates and eggs. They often perch for long periods on a branch over water, waiting for their prey to appear. The adult Common Black Hawk is 43-53 cm long and weighs 930g on average. Lifespan of a common black hawk is around 24 years.

No detailed information is available on pair bonding, territoriality, or most other aspects of this species’ social behavior. The pair often fly together, with their wings fluttering and held at a strong dihedral angle. Loud and hoarse whistles, sounding like those of the Night-Heron are common during nesting season. It builds a platform nest of sticks fifteen to one hundred feet above the ground in a tree, often a mangrove. Nests are often reused and tend to grow bigger.

The male may sweep down and land directly on the female, or he may perch beside her for a time before mounting. Up to four copulations per day occur as the egg laying period approaches. Copulation occurs about 15 to 90 meters from the nest on a branch or rock. It lays one to three eggs (usually one), which are whitish with brown markings. Incubation lasts for 38 to 39 days. Fledging period is between 43 to 50 days, and post-fledging dependence of the juvenile on the adult lasts 6 to 8 weeks.

It is found in parts of the Americas, from the Southwestern United States through Central America to Venezuela, Peru, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles. Generally these birds inhabit lowland areas, with a source of water nearby. In Guatemala it can be found around the Caribbean coasts. The current conservation rating of the Common Black-Hawk is Least Concern.

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, has been living in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. Traveling with her family to all parts of Costa Rica and Guatemala, she now loves organizing vacations for people and offers first hand experience. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Animal Facts – Green Heron

The Green Heron is a small bird (44 cm.) that likes to stalk it’s pray. Native populations can be found all over Costa Rica as well as in most of Central America. Adults have a glossy, greenish-black cap, a greenish back and wings that are grey-black grading into green or blue, a chestnut neck with a white line down the front, grey under parts and short yellow legs. The bill is dark with a long, sharp point. These birds appear in their breeding ranges at the same time they did 100 years ago. They are quite common in habitats that go along water bodies such as mangroves, beaches and rivers.

The Green Heron is relatively small; adult body length is about 44 cm. They mainly eat small fish, frogs and aquatic arthropods, but may take any invertebrate or vertebrate prey they can catch, including such animals like leeches and mice. The oldest know wild green heron was a banded bird that was captured when it was almost 8 years old. Yet there is very little information on lifespan in these birds.

During courtship, the male makes noisy wing beats and calls in flight, and sometimes calls to the female before landing again. The clutch is usually 2-5, rarely up to 8 bluish-white glossy eggs. After the last egg has been laid, both parents incubate for about 19-25 days until hatching, and feed the young birds. The young sometimes start to leave the nest at 16 days of age, but definitely leave until 30-35 days old. This species is most active during dusk and dawn, if anything these birds are nocturnal rather than diurnal, preferring to retreat to sheltered areas in daytime.

The most impact is caused by fish hatcheries that kill green herons to prevent them eating their young fish. But it is known that green herons were sometimes hunted for food. As you can see human activities have had their effect on these guys.

Green herons live as far north as southern Canada and as far south as northern South America. Most populations are migratory.

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, lives in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. She’s traveled these parts extensively and now loves to organize vacations to these amazing parts of the world. Having first hand experience of all the places with her family, she can recommend the best options for you. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Fun Facts About Cattle Egrets

The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron. The non-breeding adult has mainly white feathers, a yellow bill and grayish-yellow legs. During the breeding season, adults of the western subspecies develop orange-buff plumes on the back, breast and crown. These guys are found all over Central America and in Costa Rica they can be found in the Manuel Antonio National Park.

In rare cases they have been seen foraging along the branches of a Banyan tree for ripe figs. They have an 88-96 cm wingspan and 46-56 centimeters in length. The Cattle Egret feeds on a wide range of prey, particularly insects like grasshoppers, crickets, flies, and moths, as well as spiders, frogs, and earthworms. Life span in the wild is unknown. Cattle egrets at Woodland Park Zoo have lived more than 10 years.

The cattle egrets’ daily routine is to leave their roost at dawn to seek food, flying in long, crooked lines, which allows easy identification of the species. As night approaches, they return to their roost. The male displays in a tree in the colony, using a range of ritualized behaviors such as shaking a twig and raising bill vertically upwards and three or four days later he gets a couple. They choose a new mate every season.

Some populations of the Cattle Egret are migratory but others only show post-breeding dispersal. The Cattle Egret nests in colonies, which are often, but not always, found around bodies of water. The female lays one to five eggs, although three is most common. The eggs are pale bluish-white. Incubation lasts around 23 days, with both sexes sharing incubation duties. The chicks are fully feathered in 13-21 days. They begin to leave the nest and climb around at 2 weeks, fledge at 30 days and become independent at around the 45th day.

Its global population estimated to be 3.8-6.7 million individuals. For these reasons, the species is in the Least Concern group. On the other hand the expansion and establishment of the species over large ranges has led it to be classed as an invasive species. They can be found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones from Central America.

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, lives in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. She’s traveled these parts extensively and now loves to organize vacations to these amazing parts of the world. Having first hand experience of all the places with her family, she can recommend the best options for you. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Central America Wildlife – Black Necked Stilt

The Black-necked Stilt is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. They also have partially webbed feet, which allow them to swim – but they rarely do. Stilts’ legs are longer in proportion to their bodies than any other bird except the flamingo. The tail is white with some grey banding. A continuous area of black extends from the back along to the head. There, it forms a cap covering the entire head from the top to just below eye-level, with the exception of the areas surrounding the bill and a small white spot above the eye.

They have a length of 35-39 cm and a wingspan of 71 cm. The Black-necked Stilt forages by probing and gleaning mostly in lakeshores, but also in very shallow waters near shores. It seeks out a range of aquatic invertebrates, mainly crustaceans, mollusks, small fish, tadpoles and very rarely plant seeds. Their lifespan is approximately 20 years.

The Black-necked Stilt is actually classified as semi-colonial since the nests are rarely found alone and colonies usually number dozens, rarely hundreds of pairs. The nests are typically sited within one kilometer of a feeding location, and the pairs defend an extensive perimeter around groups of nests, patrolling in cooperation with their neighbors.

Males have a greenish gloss to the back and wings, particularly in the breeding season. These guys usually breed after the rainy season. They begin to breed at 1-2 years of age. The clutch size generally is 3-5 eggs. For 22-26 days both sexes take turns incubating the eggs. The young are seen swimming within two hours after hatching and are also capable of rapid land velocity at that early time. In spite of this early development the young normally return to the nest for resting for one or two more days but remain dependent on their parents for some more weeks.

They are not in the threatened species list but their numbers are declining because of the destruction or their habitat. It is found through Central America and the Caribbean to Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and the Galpagos Islands. The Black-necked Stilt is found in estuarine, salt pond and emergent wetland habitats; it is generally a lowland bird but in Central America has been found up to 8,200 ft (2,500 m).

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, has been living in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for over 10 years. She has traveled here extensively. Now loves organizing vacations to this amazing part of the world, having first hand experience of all the places with her family. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Fun Facts About Ocelots

The ocelot’s appearance is similar to that of the domestic cat. Its fur resembles that of a Clouded Leopard or Jaguar. These guys receive many names and some are: McKenney’s Wildcat, Jaguatirica, Jaguarete, Tigrillo, Cunaguaro, or Manigordo (in Costa Rica and Panama). It has a tawny to reddish brown coat marked with black spots and rosettes. The fur is short, and lighter beneath. There is a single white spot on the back of each of its ears. There are two black lines on either side of its face and has a black-banded tail.

Studies suggest that it follows and finds prey via odor trails, but the ocelot also has very good vision, including night vision. The white rings around the ocelot’s eyes help to reflect extra light into the eye at night.

Almost all of the prey that the ocelot hunts is far smaller than itself. It can be up to 1 m long, plus 45 cm of tail length. Their average weigh is 25-35 pounds. Ocelots can live 8 to 11 years. The ocelot is mostly nocturnal and very territorial. It will fight fiercely, sometimes to the death, in territorial disputes. In addition, the ocelot marks its territory with especial urine.

After mating the female will find a den in a cave in a rocky bluff, a hollow tree, or a dense thicket. The gestation period is estimated to be 70 days. Generally the female will have 2-3 kittens. They are born in autumn with their eyes closed and a thin covering of hair.

Thousands of ocelots have been killed for their fur. The feline was classified a “vulnerable” endangered species from 1972 until. This wild cat is distributed over South and Central America and Mexico.

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, lives in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. She’s traveled these parts extensively and now loves to organize vacations to these amazing parts of the world. Having first hand experience of all the places with her family, she can recommend the best options for you. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Fun Facts About Kinkajous

They are also known as honey bear, because when tin captivity they seem to enjoy eating honey. Kinkajous are related with the raccoon and coati. The kinkajou’s woolly fur consists of an outer coat of gold or brownish-gray overlapping a gray undercoat.

The kinkajou’s woolly fur consists of an outer coat of gold or brownish-gray overlapping a gray undercoat. Studies have shown that 90% of their diet consists primarily of ripe fruit. They may play an important role in seed dispersal. Leaves and flowers make up much of the other 10% of their diet. Also they sometimes eat insects, particularly ants. An average adult kinkajou weighs 4-7 Pounds and an average adult body length is 40-60 cm. In addition to body length, average tail length is 40-55 cm.

These nocturnal animals have a short-haired, fully prehensile tail like some New World monkeys, which it uses as a “fifth hand” in climbing. Scent glands near the mouth, on the throat, and on the belly allow kinkajous to mark their territory and their travel routes. Kinkajous sleep in family units and groom one another. While they are usually solitary when foraging, they occasionally forage in small groups.

The kinkajou’s peak activity is usually between about 7:00 PM and midnight, and again an hour before dawn. During daylight hours, kinkajous sleep in tree hollows or in shaded tangles of leaves, avoiding direct sunlight. Also, kinkajous do not have a specific season for breeding. They breed throughout the year. Female kinkajous give birth to one or occasionally two small babies after a gestation period of 112 to 118 days.

This arboreal mammal is not an endangered species, though it is seldom seen by people because of its strict nocturnal habits. However, they are hunted for the illegal pet trade, for their fur and for their meat. They are forest mammals, native to Central and South America.

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, lives in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. She’s traveled these parts extensively and now loves to organize vacations to these amazing parts of the world. Having first hand experience of all the places with her family, she can recommend the best options for you. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

Some Facts About Coatis

Coatis are related to the raccoon. They have a long snout, an elongated body, and a long bushy banded tail. The Coati is also known as the White-nosed Coati and Coatimundi. It is diurnal and lives in both, the ground and in the trees. Their ankles are double jointed and extremely flexible, enabling the animal to descend trees headfirst. The coati’s pelage is generally brownish in color, ranging from cinnamon to chocolate brown. The tail has dark brown rings. Coatis feed on a variety of invertebrates such as beetles, grubs, ants, termites, spiders, scorpions, and land crabs, and some other animals like lizards, frogs, small rodents, and some fruit. They will also feed on reptile eggs.

Coatis feed on a variety of invertebrates such as beetles, grubs, ants, termites, spiders, scorpions, and land crabs, and some other animals like lizards, frogs, small rodents, and some fruit. They will also feed on reptile eggs. The males are significantly larger than the females and may be more than 1.27 m long and may weigh up to 25 pounds. They can live an average of 14 years in the wild.

Coatis are generally active during the day. Males are typically solitary except during breeding season and are active during the night, but females and their young usually form small groups called bands of 4 to 20 individuals.

Soon after mating, the male is expelled from the band. Then females construct nests of sticks and leaves in a secluded area, usually in a tree. After the gestation period of 75 days 3 to 5 young are born. They are often very small, weighing 3 ounces. Their eyes dont open until the 12th day. At six weeks old they begin exploring the area and foraging with their mother. At four months they are completely weaned.

These guys live in a wide variety of terrain, such as the lowland rainforests, river woodlands, bushy and rocky terrain, though they are usually found in heavily forested areas. They range from the southwestern United States in Arizona to Argentina and Uruguay. Coatis are not endangered, but their numbers are reducing fast. They are hunted by humans for food and for damaging crops.

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, has been living in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for over 10 years. She has traveled here extensively. Now loves organizing vacations to this amazing part of the world, having first hand experience of all the places with her family. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

4 Monkey Species Of Costa Rica

There are many animal species in Costa Rica, 200 are mammals and out of the 200 species, 100 of them are bats and only FOUR are monkeys!

Maybe they’re not as common as squirrels in NY or black bears in Alaska, but they do like to show their cute little faces and smiley looks.

My suggestion if you are staying in a super rain forest retreat/hotel wake up early and step outside, I assure you will hear howlers in the distance and sometimes they will even be right in front of you. You’ll see spider monkeys hanging from branches and maybe some Capuchins looking for some food. Another great idea is to go to the National Park and hire a guide, they will almost always spot the monkeys!

Here’s a list of those cute and silly creatures. This way when you do come face to face with a monkey, you’ll know exactly what you’re looking at!

Capuchins

I bet you know exactly who these guys are! They’re the ones that dance around on leashes at different street fairs.

The best places to find them are inside Manuel Antonio National Park and Santa Rosa National Park.

Squirrel Monkeys

This is the smallest of all the Costa Rican Monkeys, also known as the Titi monkey. They are very social and it’s not uncommon to find them in bunches of 30 or more. They are omnivores too and enjoy eating fruit, leaves, insects and lizards. They will look up at you with curious eyes. The best places to find them are in Manuel Antonio National Park and Corcovado National Park.

Spider Monkeys

These guys are the best acrobats I’ve ever seen! They are famous for their prehensile tails which are the size of their whole bodies and allow them to reach fruits and branches. Their tail also supports them in their movements. You can see this monkey swinging from branch to branch, usually in groups.

Once they were a very abundant monkey species but unfortunately they have suffered humans’ impact and have been listed as an endangered species. And even worse, they are known to be tasty and are hunted for their meat! They still live in some Costa Rican national parks.

Howler Monkeys

Gratefully, this monkey is the least effected by human intervention and can survive in many different types of eco-systems. You can hear these amazing creatures howl early in the morning hours or around the time the sun is about to set. Their howling can create a great impression among human because of how much noise they can make.

They are 100% herbivores, eating mainly fruits and leaves. They are also extremely sedentary. I have had the luck of seeing them often because they live practically everywhere near forests.

Keep your eyes open and I know you’ll have a close-encounter too!

Marina K. Villatoro, the Travel Experta, has been living in Central America – Costa Rica and Guatemala for the past decade. Traveling with her family to all parts of Costa Rica and Guatemala, she now loves organizing vacations for people and offers first hand experience. Contact her for advice and to plan your perfect trip!

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